Madison and her friends will learn something very unusual. Enjoy!

SmileRen: That's okay. I'm glad you'll be looking forward to it. ^^

After a restful night since we finished our request for the casino, I woke up with a smile on my face.

I giggled, waking Kagura up. She opened the closet door where she was sleeping as usual, and her hair was messy. She wiped her nose, and said in mutter, "Good morning."

"Morning," I replied, still smiling. "It's a beautiful day outside! Let's go for a walk!"

I couldn't resist walking outside on a summer day. I didn't want to go alone, because if I did, I would actually feel a bit lonely. That's why I told Kagura to get up and go on a walk with me.

Minutes later, she got up, and brushed her hair, putting those buns on each side. She asked me with a half-smile, "You sure love to walk, don't you?"

"Of course! It's lovely outside, as I said before!" I exclaimed cheerfully.

She chuckled, and nodded her head, ready to go on the walk with me. But it wasn't before Shinpachi opened the front door swiftly, coming into Gintoki's house. He noticed that me and Kagura were already up, ready to go outside. He smiled, and said, "Good-morning, you two!"

Kagura and I replied, "Morning, Shinpachi-San." (Kagura said Shin-Chan, but I said Shinpachi-San)

"You going on a walk?"

Kagura answered, "We are. And we probably won't be gone for long."

"Well, just come back safely."

I smiled at him, and said, "Don't worry. We will. By the way, what time is it?"

"I believe it's 9 am."

I looked at the clock by us, and could tell that Shinpachi was right. I gave out a chuckle afterwards, and told Shinpachi, "We'll see you later, Shinpachi." He waved at us just as Kagura and I put our shoes on, and were heading out the door, closing it slowly.

Kagura breathed in, and opened her umbrella up so that the sun wouldn't shine on her fragile Yato skin.

The two of us then walked down the stairs, and saw Otose standing in front of the bar that was below Gintoki's home, smoking.

She opened her eyes, and turned her head, noticing us. She asked, "Where are you two going?"

I answered, "We aren't going anywhere. We're just going for a walk."

"Is that so?" She questioned, with a chuckle. "Well, have fun on your walk."

"Thank you."

Kagura and I started to walk on the ground, and were quiet until Kagura broke the silence.

"Do you suppose there's free Sukonbu around?"

I turned my head around, looking at Kagura with one of my brows raised up. I then laughed a bit, and told her, "I doubt it. Why're you so obsessed with that stuff? I mean, I don't know anyone else who likes it!"

She scratched the side of her head, answering my question, "We Yato's have different taste buds, uh-huh."

I blinked, and lowered my brow down. I smiled again, and said, "You might be right, but you never know, actually."

Kagura didn't say anything else after that. I had my hands behind my back, as I looked at the clear, bright blue sky. I love seeing clear skies.

Kagura suddenly called my name, "Madison-Chan. Stop for a moment." I didn't understand why she told me to stop walking, but I obeyed her, and asked her a question, looking at her once more.

"What's wrong, Kagura-Chan? Is something bothering you?"

"No, but look in front of you." She pointed her finger at something, so I turned my head, looking straight, and couldn't believe what I was seeing!

It was Tsukuyo, walking all funny, and telling guys some weird stuff.

"Hey, bastard! You wanna know where I got this scar from?" She asked a random guy, in a weird sounding tone. The guy shed a sweat drop, and shook his head.

"No thanks."

He ran away from her as if she was crazy. My jaw dropped to the ground. Same with Kagura. We both looked at each other once more just as we nodded our heads at the same time. We then ran to Tsukuyo, and began to speak with her.

Kagura exclaimed, "Tsukki-Chan! What happened to you?" Tsukuyo started smoking, breathing in heavily. Her nostrils went big, and she blew out a huge puff of smoke in front of our faces.

Me and Kagura couldn't stand the smell of whatever the hell Tsukuyo was smoking. The two of us wheezed and coughed loudly.

I squinted my eyes, and exclaimed, "What the hell is in that pipe?"

Tsukuyo answered, "Nicotine."

Our eyes widened in surprise. Was it really nicotine? It was very weird. I guess she doesn't normally smoke that kind. It kind of makes me wonder what she really smokes. But I guess it didn't matter to me since I never want to smoke...ever.

Kagura pointed at Tsukuyo, and asked, "Does that have a drug in it, where you blab out to people personal stuff?"

Tsukuyo immediately laughed in a wheezy tone. I didn't get how it was so wheezy. Maybe it was because she smoked a lot of it.

I had to ask her, being all worried, "How much nicotine did you smoke?"

She glared at me, with a smirk coming on her face. I got a bit scared of what she would say. Her answer was, "I've been smoking this non-stop since maybe 2 hours ago."

WHAT? Non-stop for over 2 hours? Was she fucking serious? Sure, regular smoking is bad, but I think nicotine's worse! Maybe 20 times worse!

I told Tsukuyo, "Maybe you should stop smoking that at once! You're going to hurt yourself!"

She glared at me again, only this time, she clenched her teeth, looking angry. I gulped silently. She shouted in the middle of the street, "Since when were you the boss of me? I'm an adult, and you're a damn teenager! So move on!"

I opened my eyes widely in shock, and thought, This must've effected her a lot! This is worse than her drinking sake!

I had remembered that day when the Yorozuya and I went to Yoshiwara for the night, and Tsukuyo nearly drank the whole bottle of sake. That was, until Kagura grabbed it away from her a shot it into a million pieces. I was still glad she didn't drink the whole bottle, otherwise it'd be like a living hell.

Kagura exclaimed at Tsukuyo once more, "Hey! You can't talk to Madison-Chan like that! That stuff has ruined your body! Give me that!" She whipped it away from Tsukuyo's hand.

As soon as the pipe was free from Tsukuyo, she gave Kagura some sort of death glare. A glare worse than when she glared at me. She yelled, "HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY SPECIAL PIPE AWAY FROM ME! YOU KNOW THAT I SMOKE! DON'T YOU EVER TAKE STUFF AWAY FROM AN ADULT!"

By then, a few people were staring at us with concerned looks. My face was turning red from embarrassment because the two of them were about to argue...in public. The last thing I wanted was Tsukuyo fighting Kagura to get her pipe back.

"Uh, you guys...people are staring at us. Let's get Tsukuyo to the Yorozuya place."

Kagura looked at me, and agreed, "That's a good idea! Let's move!" She then turned to Tsukuyo. "Tsukki-Chan! I'll probably give this back to you when we get to Gin-Chan's place, okay?"

Worrying about her answer, she scoffed, "Fine. But let's move...quick!"

We all ran, as Tsukuyo was running faster than both of us. Geez, how fast was she? She's like a cheetah!

But Kagura and I managed to catch up to her, and within minutes, we were finally back to Gintoki's place.

The three of us ran up the stairs, and got in the house. Tsukuyo ordered Kagura, "Alright, now give me back my pipe!"

Kagura held the pipe tight, making sure that Tsukuyo wasn't going to get it. "No way! I said 'probably'! We need to talk to Gin-Chan about this!"

Gintoki came out of the bathroom, picking his nose, and said, "What's with all the commotion?" He opened his dead-fish eyes, and noticed Tsukuyo all pissed off. "What's the matter with you, Tsukuyo? Are you on your time of the month?"

Tsukuyo brought out an anger mark on her head, and punched Gintoki on the chin, sending him to make some hole in the ceiling.

"TSUKUYO!" I hollered at her. She sat down on the cough roughly, crossing her arms and legs, still pissed off.

Gintoki manage to get out of the ceiling, but there was a hole. We were going to worry about that later though. He sat down on the cough, rubbing his head. "Ow, Tsukuyo, that really hurt. Seriously."

She paid no attention to him. I sighed, and said, "Gintoki, Tsukuyo told us that she's been smoking nicotine."

"Nicotine?" He asked, raising both his brows up. "Isn't that interesting."

"She even said she's been smoking it non-stop for over 2 hours!"

He scratched the back of his head, and turned to Tsukuyo. "That's not good. Tsukuyo, have you ever had nicotine before?"

Tsukuyo decided to cooperate, and answered, "No, but I got into it today, and now I'm obsessed with it."

"Obviously," Gintoki replied.

Kagura and I furrowed our brows, wondering if there was some way to make Tsukuyo stop getting addicted to nicotine. Strange how she only got into it this morning, but we were still figuring it out.

Finally, I told Tsukuyo, "If you keep smoking it, it may kill you!"

Tsukuyo laughed loudly, "Kill me? I've been smoking my usual smoke since I turned 21! It's not going to kill me!"

"But if you smoke nicotine non-stop, then it will."

"That's a bunch of bullshit!"

I blinked, and got a bit frustrated on confronting her. This isn't going to be easy.

I whispered to Gintoki, "Do you have any idea on how we can make her stop before she kills herself?" He looked up the ceiling, thinking. A minute later, he might've found the solution.

"Perhaps we can put a straight-jacket on her." Tsukuyo heard him, and kicked Gintoki on the chin, just like with her fist. She was more irritated than ever!

I tapped my chin, thinking of various things on what we can do to help her.

Finally, I snapped my fingers, and had an idea.

I leaned a bit over, and asked Tsukuyo with an honest tone, "Tsukuyo?"

"Hm?" She replied, still looking pissed.

I said, "Are you tired?"

"Not really. I got up 2 hours ago."

As if on cue, Kagura might've noticed what my plan was. She smiled big, and ran out of the living room for a moment. Gintoki, on the other hand, blinked and didn't know what was going on. Same with Tsukuyo, which was a good thing.

Seconds later, she came back with some sort of stick (Don't really know what it is, actually), holding it tightly. She was behind Tsukuyo, and she didn't know that Kagura was right behind her. I looked at Kagura and mouthed out the words, 'Make her unconscious.'

Tsukuyo raised a brow up, not understanding what I mouthed out. Kagura did, though. She winked, and hit Tsukuyo on the head as hard as she could. But I wanted to make sure that she was unconscious, not dead.

She wobbled a bit, and then lied on the couch, not moving. I walked to the other couch, and felt her pulse. Her pulse was still beating, so that meant that she was still alive. I sighed in relief, but I wanted to get rid of the nicotine that was inside her pipe. I asked Kagura, "Do you know what she normally smokes?"

Kagura thought about it for a second, and said, "I don't know what brand it is, but I do know."

"Alright. Let's find it."

"Yes!" We both were about to head out of Gintoki's house again, but told Gintoki, "Gin-Chan! Make sure that Tsukki-Chan doesn't wake up until we get back!"

"She already hit me twice! She scared me to death!" Gintoki hollered.

But Kagura and I ignored him, and went to find the brand that Tsukuyo usually smokes.

I hope she forgets the nicotine, because that made her crazy out of her skull!

About 20 minutes later, we managed to come back to Gintoki's house, and brought back the brand Tsukuyo smokes. That way, the chaos would be over.

Gintoki said, "Finally. She's still unconscious, but I'm getting scared of her waking up, wanting more of that nicotine!"

I replied, "Well, we got her usual brand, thankfully!"

"Good, now dump the nicotine out of her pipe, and put the other brand in!"

I nodded my head and obeyed him. I dumped the nicotine in the garbage, and made sure that Tsukuyo wasn't going to look there. I then put the other brand in, and set the pipe on the table that was in front of Tsukuyo.

Tsukuyo twitched her eyebrow, and moaned a little. She sat up slowly, setting her hand on her head. "What happened to me?"

Kagura immediately replied, with an excuse, "You were unconscious, so we made you rest here until you woke up."

She chuckled, and saw her pipe on the table. "I see. I need a smoke." She grabbed her pipe, and began to smoke. Finally, the chaos of nicotine was over. She stood up, and was heading out. "Thanks for letting me rest."

"Sure thing, Tsukuyo," I said with a smile.

She smiled back, and went out. The three of us sighed in relief.

Gintoki said, "Geez, how awkward that was!"

Kagura said, "If things got worse, we would've gotten our asses kicked, uh-huh."

I blinked my eyes, and informed Gintoki, "Gintoki, you should never ask a woman if she's on her period because that's really personal."

He began to pick his nose, and replied, "Yeah, yeah. At least Tsukuyo won't smoke that crap ever again."

Kagura stared at Gintoki for a moment, and asked him with a grin, "Gin-Chan. Do you like Tsukki-Chan? I mean, like like?"

He opened his eyes wide at Kagura, and shouted, "SHUT UP! I ONLY LIKE HER AS A FRIEND! DON'T SAY CRAP LIKE THAT!"

Even if he was trying to be serious, I could almost tell that Gintoki had a bit of a crush on Tsukuyo.

I giggled, and thought, The good thing is that Tsukuyo's not pissed off like that anymore.

I will be honest, I don't know much about nicotine, but I wanted to add Tsukuyo in this chapter, but I didn't really know what to do with her, so I decided, 'Well, she does smoke, so let's do that'. XD

Anyways, the next chapter will probably be a bit scary.

Hope you enjoyed chapter 21! Please review!